DIY Cutting glass bottles.

I have seen this a ton on other web site and thought i would give it a try. Its a super fast project if you already have everything at home (I did) all you need is,

-Glass bottle

-Yarn

-Nail polish remover

-Lighter or matches

-Sink of cold water

Easy right? I used some corona bottles we had to test it, and find the best way. I would try it out on a spare bottle first so you get an idea of how it works. The steps are really easy, i found and watched a few videos on youtube to get an idea of how it would work.

Wrap the yarn around the bottle 5-6 times (I was using thin yarn, and found it to work a bit better with more like 6 or 7 times around the bottle) tie it off and take the yarn off the bottle and soak for a few seconds in the polish remover. Put the yarn back on the bottle. Then over the sink of cold water light the yarn and rotate slowly. When the flame is just about out, dunk it in the cold water.

Ok, now here are some tips. As you can see the bottle broke about a half inch below the yarn. So i tried it again and put the yarn up higher so i would get a cut right above the words rather then right through them. It worked ok, but with the curve of the bottle it was kind of a pain to keep it in the right spot.

After a few min of playing with fire and glass bottle in the kitchen my husband decided to come join and noticed that when i was holding the bottle i was tilting the top of the bottle down and suggested i try tilting it up in order for the break to be on the other side of the yarn. DUH!!!!! Tried it again and it worked much better.

It wasn't a super clean break because of the curve of the bottle and where i had the yarn.(ill put it a bit lower next time) It doesn't really matter because we will sand it down to (cross your fingers) make cups. I haven't taken the time to sand them yet but plan to asap. The fire part is much more fun.

I know there are tons of different uses, weather it be a vase, pot for plants, candles and so on. Enjoy and let me know how your projects turn out!! Any questions please let me know.